5 Seconds

[Tim Roden]

I don't make such a sticky point about it. If he is maintaining six feet and moving backwards, when he crosses that midcourt line, I switch from my 10 second count to the five second count. You can argue semantics but the coaches see the count and they know when I reach five there will be a whistle and the only thing they will argue is who is guarding(switch in NF maintain count) or your count was too fast. Either way they won't say anything about initial two feet on the floor unless when have a crash. If you call PC then you will have to defend yourself. If block you usually won't have much problem.